2007 Minnesota Statutes

273.0755 TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF PROPERTY TAX PERSONNEL.
(a) Beginning with the four-year period starting on July 1, 2000, every person licensed by the
state Board of Assessors at the Accredited Minnesota Assessor level or higher, shall successfully
complete a week-long Minnesota laws course sponsored by the Department of Revenue at least
once in every four-year period. An assessor need not attend the course if they successfully pass
the test for the course.
(b) The commissioner of revenue may require that each county, and each city for which the
city assessor performs the duties of county assessor, have (i) a person on the assessor's staff who is
certified by the Department of Revenue in sales ratio calculations, (ii) an officer or employee who
is certified by the Department of Revenue in tax calculations, and (iii) an officer or employee who
is certified by the Department of Revenue in the proper preparation of abstracts of assessment.
The commissioner of revenue may require that each county have an officer or employee who is
certified by the Department of Revenue in the proper preparation of abstracts of tax lists.
(c) Beginning with the four-year educational licensing period starting on July 1, 2004, every
Minnesota assessor licensed by the State Board of Assessors must attend and participate in a
seminar that focuses on ethics, professional conduct and the need for standardized assessment
practices developed and presented by the commissioner of revenue. This requirement must be
met at least once in every subsequent four-year period. This requirement applies to all assessors
licensed for one year or more in the four-year period.
History: 1Sp2001 c 5 art 7 s 17; 1Sp2005 c 3 art 1 s 7